Watch B.4.5 The Elbow

B.4.5 The Elbow

-A nerve in your elbow creates the shooting pain you feel when you hit your “funny bone”
-180 degrees of extension between the ulna and the humerus is what’s considered “normal”
-People with hyperextension can extend more than 180 degrees between the ulna and humerus
-This is dangerous if you’re putting weight on your hands and arms (because it creates bone-on-bone contact)
-More women than men will have hyperextension of the elbow (although it can show up in both genders)
-Ask hyper-extenders to micro-bend their elbow and engage muscularly
-Cues about the elbow crease (and which direction it should face) don’t work very well in a yoga classroom, since we’re all so wildly different